. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 72 The Florists^ Review April 1, The death of Howard E. Merrill, head of the H. E. Merrill Nursery Co., of Geneva, N. Y., is reported in this week's obituary column. The death of John G. McReynolds, for many years in the nursery business at Cleveland, Tenn., is reported in this week's obituary. A BILL has been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature to give the nursery inspector power to inspect all the fruit brought into that state. The New England Nurseries, Bedford, Mass., sustained $500 loss March 27, from a fire in the packing sheds


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 72 The Florists^ Review April 1, The death of Howard E. Merrill, head of the H. E. Merrill Nursery Co., of Geneva, N. Y., is reported in this week's obituary column. The death of John G. McReynolds, for many years in the nursery business at Cleveland, Tenn., is reported in this week's obituary. A BILL has been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature to give the nursery inspector power to inspect all the fruit brought into that state. The New England Nurseries, Bedford, Mass., sustained $500 loss March 27, from a fire in the packing sheds that, for a time, threatened to wipe out the entire nursery. The planting of big orchards is not progressing at the usual rate this season, in the apple and peach sections, but in the grain states the nurserymen are pick- ing up an unusual number of orders. J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., broke their record last week by shipping fifty carloads of fruit and ornamental nursery stock. The shipments were dis- tributed over a wide area, taking in nearly every fruit-growing state in the Union. Incorpopiation papers have been is- sued to the Nassau Nurseries, Inc., Great Neck, N. Y. The capital stock is fixed at $10,000. The officers are: President, H. J. Maynard; vice-president, M. E. Maynard; secretary and treasurer, W. E. Maynard. Thb fiold snap has not injured the Georgia peach crop, according to P. J. A. Berckmans, Jr., of the Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta. The steadiness of the cold weather has been a benefit, al- though the trees are about two weeks behind last year. The citrus nurseries located about five miles east of Bartow, Fla., have been incorporated under the name of the Lake Garfield Nurseries Co., by George R. Johnston and Vet. L. Brown, of Bartow, and Lillian P. McMillen, of Pittsburgh, Pa. The capital stock is $25,000. The Texas commissioner of agriculture, Fred A. Davis, has appointed as chief inspector of nurseries, Ed. L. Ayers, for- merly assistant entomo


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